Matanomadh (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.5° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 60.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laki Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• "Supra-Trappean" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224627: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 24.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Ascomycota - Microthyriaceae
"Phragmothyrites eocaenicus" = Phragmothyrites eocaenica
"Phragmothyrites eocaenicus" = Phragmothyrites eocaenica Edwards 1922
Punctatisporites
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? Punctatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Trilatiporites
  -
Trilatiporites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Sphaerialites ovatus
  -
Sphaerialites ovatus n. gen. n. sp.
Sphaerialites ovatus n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Magnoliopsida
  -
Araliaceoipollenites matanamadhensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Rhoipites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Ailanthipites sp. Wodehouse 1933
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites ellipticus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Liliacidites baculatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmaepollenites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 palm
Palmaepollenites nadhamunii n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 palm
 Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites sp. Meyer 1956 grass
 Apiales - Apiaceae
Umbelliferoipollenites constrictus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Umbelliferoipollenites ovatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Palaeocoprosmadites arcotense Ramanujam 1966 coffee
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites sp. Couper 1953
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae
Sonneratioipollis bellus n. gen. n. sp.
Sonneratioipollis bellus n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocoipollenites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 sweetleaf
Symplocoipollenites minutus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 sweetleaf
  -
Stephanocolpites globatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Stephanocolpites nadhamunii n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Stephanocolpites granulatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Stephanocolpites flavatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Margocolporites sitholeyi Ramanujam 1966 legume
Margocolporites sahnii Ramanujam 1966 legume
Margocolporites tsukadae Ramanujam 1966 legume
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Cupuliferoipollenites ovatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Malvales -
Lakiapollis ovatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Lakiapollis matanamadhensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeoipollis sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 water lily
Nymphaeoipollis marginatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 water lily
Nymphaeoipollis flavatus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969 water lily
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites lenticularis Döring 1961 podocarp
Nyssapollenites
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Nyssapollenites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Polybrevicolporites antiquum
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Polybrevicolporites cephalus
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Polybrevicolporites cephalus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Hippocrateaceaedites
  -
Hippocrateaceaedites sp. Ramanujam 1966
Verrumonoletes
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Verrumonoletes sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Intrapunctisporites
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Pseudonothofagidites kutchensis
  -
Pseudonothofagidites kutchensis n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Pseudonothofagidites cerebrus
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Pseudonothofagidites cerebrus n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Rostriapollenites kutchensis
  -
Rostriapollenites kutchensis n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Cryptopolyporites cryptus
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Cryptopolyporites cryptus n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Sphagnaceae
  - Sphagnaceae
Sastriipollenites trilobatus
  -
Sastriipollenites trilobatus n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969
Clavatricolporoidites trilobatus
  -
Clavatricolporoidites trilobatus n. gen. n. sp. Mathur 1966
Pseudosphaerialites senii
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Pseudosphaerialites senii n. gen. n. sp. Venkatachala and Kar 1969